Since the beginning of the U.S. commercial reactor industry, regulatory agencies have required that nuclear power plant designs take into account the potential threats posed by natural hazards such as ...

Helping countries enhance measures and improve processes to ensure the safety of nuclear power plants against internal and external hazards is the focus of an IAEA Safety Guide issued last month. The ...

The External Events Notification System seeks to alert nuclear installations to natural hazards and disasters such as earthquakes, volcano eruptions and floods. It was unveiled at the International ...

Building a new framework that takes into account the effects of climate change on meteorological and hydrological hazards for nuclear installations, was the focus of a recently held technical meeting ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency is developing a system that will alert the Agency of natural hazards - such as floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and wildfires - that could potentially ...